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Should you pay off your HECS or invest under new proposed policies?
Personal Finance
Should you pay off your HECS or invest under new proposed policies?
With the cost of education increasing and federal re-election campaigns fired up, find out what new changes to HECS may mean for investors.    
Simonelle Mody | 20 November 2024
Zip Co facing significant headwinds
Stocks
Zip Co facing significant headwinds
Zip could run out of cash before it can achieve profitability. We explore the outlook for the fintech and what it means for the wider...
Joshua Peach | 16 April 2023
What’s a Good Debt-to-Income Ratio?
Personal Finance
What’s a Good Debt-to-Income Ratio?
Not all borrowing is bad. But how can you tell if your debt is the good kind?
Andrew Willis | 05 January 2023
Is this the beginning of the end for BNPL? Editor's Note
Stocks
Is this the beginning of the end for BNPL? Editor's Note
Oh, how the mighty have fallen.
Emma Rapaport | 26 November 2021
AfterPay, a mastery of behavioural design
Personal Finance
AfterPay, a mastery of behavioural design
The lesson learned by translating yesterday's dollars.
Erica Hall | 02 August 2021
Afterpay price leaves little room for error: Morningstar
Stocks
Afterpay price leaves little room for error: Morningstar
The market has great expectations for the buy now, pay later success story but Morningstar's Shaun Ler believes they're unlikely to be met.
Emma Rapaport | 23 October 2020
Afterpay halves loss, doubles revenue
Stocks
Afterpay halves loss, doubles revenue
But the BNPL star is overvalued in the eyes of Morningstar's Shaun Ler because it remains a finance company and must be valued like one.\n 
Prashant Mehra | 27 August 2020
11 lessons from my lousy $50K profit on Afterpay
Stocks
11 lessons from my lousy $50K profit on Afterpay
Afterpay listed at $1 in 2016 and traded recently at $70. How should an investor treat a small holding in a 70-bagger when each new level defies the...
Graham Hand | 09 July 2020
Latitude IPO fails for second time
Stocks
Latitude IPO fails for second time
The market would have eventually seen through the hype of the float of consumer finance company Latitude Financial Group, says Morningstar analyst...
Lex Hall | 16 October 2019